NEW PORT RICHEY -- Barack Obama or John McCain? "El Que Vota Cuenta," a political club is telling Hispanics in West Pasco. The Spanish phrase means "The One That Votes Matters," roughly translated. The Spanish-speaking population here shares more values with conservative candidates, the founder and president of the Pasco chapter of Club Politico, Louie Rodriguez, believes. ...more

June 7, 2008

Finally, Florida may have to honestly calculate its high school graduation rate. ...more

June 7, 2008

The unemployment rate among Latinos is rising faster than the rate for all other workers in the United States, as the steep decline in the construction industry eliminates hundreds of thousands of jobs, according to a national study released Wednesday. ...more

June 5, 2008

The "Digital Age" is coming to our TV sets. Beginning in February 2009, full-power broadcast stations will transmit digital-only signals, meaning that people who get their television programming over an antenna will be out of luck. That's going to mean acquiring new technology to make the switchover, whether that requires a government-issued converter box or a new television set, purchased on your own dime. Unfortunately, Hispanics are nearly twice as likely as whites to be left without television service after the nationwide transition to digital broadcasting next year, according to a new survey. Broken down by race, 8.8 percent of whites would not be ready; 11.7 percent of Asians, 12.4 percent of blacks and 17.3 percent of Hispanics. ...more

February 15, 2008

Hispanics are nearly twice as likely as whites to be left without television service following the nationwide transition to digital broadcasting next year, according to a new survey. ...more

February 15, 2008

Ian Smith's 50 Million Pound Challenge aims to attack the group most affected by the rising tide of obesity: blacks. ...more

January 17, 2008

Bucking the trend in many other wealthy industrialized nations, the United States seems to be experiencing a baby boomlet, reporting the largest number of children born in 45 years. ...more

January 16, 2008

After reading the Jan. 5 article "Foreclosure Threat" by Lily Oliva of Sebring, where it was explained how cheap foreign labor was driving them out of the dry wall finishing business, I would like to make the following comments. It was never stated if the Hispanics that were sleeping 15 to a room were illegals or not. And due to the fact that no law enforcement units in Highlands County have received 287-G (ICE) training, which would allow them to enforce the existing laws that make it a crime to hire an illegal alien, we will never know. ...more

January 9, 2008

In La Casa de Amistad, the fellowship hall of Iglesia Bautista de Carrollwood, all languages are welcome. ...more

January 9, 2008

In La Casa de Amistad, the fellowship hall of Iglesia Bautista de Carrollwood, all languages are welcome. ...more

January 5, 2008